CARDIFF INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND,(INCORPORATED)(THE)
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Cash
£544K
+22% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.5M
-0.9% vs 2024
Employees
14
+7.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£6,794 | -£13,606 | -100.3% | |
| Cash | £446,175 | £544,135 | +22% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,716,134 | £1,702,528 | -0.8% | |
| Net assets | £1,516,134 | £1,502,528 | -0.9% | |
| Equity | £1,516,134 | £1,502,528 | -0.9% | |
| Average employees | 13 | 14 | +7.7% | |
| Wages | £343,929 | £379,856 | +10.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £99,645 | £99,645 | 0% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 9.95x | 10.83x |
Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Carston ETL
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “Sight Life left the RNIB on 1 April 2022 and is once again an independent charity.”
- “In 2025 we're celebrating 160 years of supporting people with sight loss in south Wales.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 49 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Elin Haf | Director | 2023-02-17 | Jun 1984 | Welsh |
| JONES, Carole Anne, Dr. | Director | 2021-11-15 | Nov 1954 | British |
| PETTERSON, Suzanne Louise | Director | 2023-02-17 | Aug 1971 | Welsh |
| REDDINGTON, Christopher Joseph | Director | 2022-06-13 | Mar 1993 | British |
| SANDERS, John | Director | 2013-08-12 | Mar 1957 | British |
| SULLIVAN, Susan | Director | 2021-04-26 | Nov 1960 | British |
Show 49 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Richard | Secretary | — | 2009-06-01 |
| FRAMPTON, Jayne | Secretary | 2018-05-31 | 2018-08-02 |
| GELSTHORPE-HILL, Amy | Secretary | 2017-04-11 | 2018-05-31 |
| JOHN, Kathrin | Secretary | 2013-12-03 | 2015-01-14 |
| KHANDPUR, Simmi | Secretary | 2015-02-20 | 2017-01-04 |
| MACDONALD, Patrick Dermot | Secretary | 2009-06-01 | 2013-10-29 |
| ASKEY, James Henry | Director | 2021-04-26 | 2022-03-22 |
| BADGER, William Stanley | Director | — | 2004-11-29 |
| BAKER, Donald Leslie | Director | 1992-11-02 | 2009-06-01 |
| BLEWITT, Nigel Charles, Mr. | Director | 2022-01-17 | 2023-10-16 |
| BOWEN, Jennifer | Director | — | 1999-01-25 |
| CRANDLEY, Laura | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2016-10-26 |
| DAVEY, William Peter | Director | — | 2004-11-29 |
| DAVIES, Alan Leslie | Director | — | 1992-03-30 |
| DAVIES, Timothy Hywel | Director | 2004-09-27 | 2006-06-30 |
| FOX, Stuart John | Director | 2016-10-26 | 2021-07-26 |
| GALE, Charles | Director | 2004-09-27 | 2005-07-06 |
| GEORGE, Alan | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2009-06-01 |
| GLYN, Rees | Director | 1993-11-02 | 2001-06-01 |
| GOMES, Rui Daniel De Freitas | Director | 2004-09-27 | 2009-06-01 |
| GOUGH, Howard John | Director | 1997-12-10 | 2009-06-01 |
| GROSSMAN, George | Director | 1996-06-30 | 2000-06-30 |
| HARVEY, Sally Anne | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2018-04-09 |
| HOPKINS, Norman | Director | — | 2009-06-01 |
| HUISH, Albert Arthur | Director | — | 2004-07-26 |
| HUTCHINS, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2009-06-01 |
| JACKSON, Ceri | Director | 2012-12-10 | 2022-09-26 |
| JAMES, Sidney John | Director | — | 1992-10-01 |
| LAMBERT, Nicholas | Director | 2014-07-30 | 2019-10-30 |
| LLOYD, Wynne | Director | — | 2009-06-01 |
| MACDONALD, Patrick Dermot | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2013-10-29 |
| MORRIS, Caroline | Director | — | 2004-07-26 |
| NUSSBAUM, Michael Leslie, Dr | Director | 2025-04-12 | 2025-10-13 |
| NUSSBAUM, Michael Leslie, Dr | Director | 2021-04-26 | 2022-02-10 |
| OSBORNE, Colin Lewis | Director | 2004-09-27 | 2009-06-01 |
| POWELL, Edward Wyndham | Director | — | 2002-04-01 |
| RAPPORT, Cecil Herbert | Director | — | 1998-12-24 |
| RAPPORT, Derek Ivor | Director | — | 2009-06-01 |
| ROCHIRA, Sarah Nicholson | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2012-06-01 |
| ROWLAND JAMES, Ann | Director | 2004-09-27 | 2008-05-20 |
| RUDDOCK, Gilbert Ernest | Director | 1998-06-01 | 1999-01-30 |
| SANDERS, John | Director | 2005-01-30 | 2009-06-01 |
| SHIBKO, Barbara | Director | — | 1994-11-21 |
| SHIELDS, Susan Stanley | Director | — | 2004-07-26 |
| SMITH, Jack Barnsley | Director | — | 1996-04-08 |
| TATCHELL, Trevor | Director | — | 2002-11-03 |
| WIKINSON, Peter Reynault | Director | — | 1999-05-17 |
| WILLIAMS, Kenneth Donald | Director | 1992-11-02 | 2002-01-09 |
| WILLIAMS, Nicholas Winfield | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2009-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal National Institute Of Blind People | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-04-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-04-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-16 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-05-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-04-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-04-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.